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Nazaire Demers

In memory of:

Private Nazaire Demers

October 1, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

3082024

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

43rd Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

February 12, 1888

Commemorated on Page 396 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

MILL SWITCH BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord, France

Grave Reference:

A. 12.

Location:

Tilloy (or Tilloy-les-Cambrai) is a village in the Department of the Nord, 2.5 kilometres north of Cambrai and 1 kilometre east of the Cambrai-Douai road. MILL SWITCH BRITISH CEMETERY is south-west of the village, near the west side of the Douai road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Circumstances of death registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Davy to Detro. Microform Sequence 27; Volume Number 31829_B016736. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 171. Page 601 of 1036. Private Demers and 46 other Canadian Soldiers who were killed in action during the capture of Tilloy village in late September and early October 1918, were originally buried in CAMERON CEMETERY, TILLOY-LEZ-CAMBRAI. After the Armistice their bodies were exhumed and were reburied in MILL SWITCH BRITISH CEMETERY.

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    Circumstances of death registers
    Circumstances of death registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Davy to Detro. Microform Sequence 27; Volume Number 31829_B016736. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 171. Page 601 of 1036. Private Demers and 46 other Canadian Soldiers who were killed in action during the capture of Tilloy village in late September and early October 1918, were originally buried in CAMERON CEMETERY, TILLOY-LEZ-CAMBRAI. After the Armistice their bodies were exhumed and were reburied in MILL SWITCH BRITISH CEMETERY.
  • Photo of NAZAIRE DEMERS– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Photo of NAZAIRE DEMERS
    Photo of NAZAIRE DEMERS – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Picture of the Cemetery

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    Picture of the Cemetery
    Picture of the Cemetery
  • Gravemarker

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    Gravemarker
  • Mill Switch Cross

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    Mill Switch Cross
    Mill Switch Cross

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